Tag holder



`be quickly placed and also Patented @11423, i923.

j Mrs TAG HOLDER.

Application led March 13,1922. Serial' No. 543,379.

T0 a-ZZ whomy it 'may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALBERTJ. IsAACsEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, count-y of Salt Lake, and State of'Ut-ah, have invented 'a certain new and useful Tag Holder, of which the following, together `with the accompanying drawing, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains toma-ke and use the same.

Thisinvention relates Vtov a tag holder' for displaying price tags, tickets, or other items, which it is desired to expose to public View, the principal objects being,

F irst.v To provide a. light, neat andv inconf spicuous device forthe purpose mentioned.

Second. A device into which ,the tags may y I be easily removed therefrom, .without distorting the tag.

Third. A holder which may be simply placed upon an object, or which may be readily attached to, or shelves or` other structures.

Fourth. A holder which shall be designed with special reference to economical .manudetached from,

facture, so that it maybe supplied tothel user ata very reasonable cost. -v

In attaining these objects, IY provide a structure which may comprise a stemwportion and a frame portion, the stembeing adapted Vfor suspending, or standing, in an approximately vertical position. A suitable support is provided at one end of the stem, while the otherendthereof carries the said frame portion.v If so desired, the structure may be madeofl a single piece of wire. In general, beginning at the end ofV the'stem which carries the frame, a transverse member may extend outwardly therefrom and at a suitable ldistance from thev stem, the' ywire may be formed into a U-shaped .lugV orhook from which a frame member, more or less inclined to the axis ofthe stem, may extend downwardly. VAt a suitable distance from the first U-shaped lug, the wire,maybe4 U-shaped lug or hook. Y

formed into a second y Extending upwardly from the Second 'U- shaped lug, there may :be a second frame member, which may also be moreor less in* clined to the axis of vthel stem. At the upper end 4of the second inclined frame member and suitably distant from the second lug, the wire may be formed into `a third U-shaped -lug or hook. A4 ,nal' frame member, transverse'to the stem axis, may 'extend from the `ing the tag through the two protection AFigf, av front third Ushaped lug to the stem at the point of origin of the iirst transverse member. In

other Vwords, the structure may-be said to consist of a stem with a. supporting connection at one-end thereof, a frame member extending transversely outward from the stem at its other end `in sucha lmanner that the transverse member forms two arms or branches, withy a hook-like lug at the outer end of each arm; inclined ,converging frame members extending from the said two arms and a hook-like lug located `at the intersec-V tion of the inclined frame members.

From what has been stated, it will' readily vbe seen Vthat the structure in its preferred form,` may have the' shape of an isosceles triangle carried on a. stem, the various lugs or hooks being located at' the vertices of the triangle. As a rule, the stem and the frame members may allk lieinthe same pla-ne, while 'the lugs may be so formed, that`a portion projecting fromeach lug will liev more or less ii a. second plane spaced apart from the first pane. M

TheY peculiar placing ofthe three lugs makes it possible for theni :to hold a. tag vor ticket, which may be round, square or have a number, of other forms. Inasmuch as the third lug lies in a line perpendicular `to the center linejoining the other two may bei freely inserted in theiholder by passtion substantially.perpendicular to the said centerline, until the tag comes to rest with an edge thereof against the third lug.

lugs ina. direc- A es lugs, atag The features` of my invention on which the i of Letters Patent is desired, are ,collectively grouped in the claims by-'which this specification is concluded.'A f

.Referring to the drawing, Y' Fig.V l Villustrates imp-rovedjtag holder. l

2a side elevation thereof.

ing a tag in positiontherein.

' Fig. 4, a top plan view. velevation rof Fig. 3, a View similar to Fig. l, but show-` construction. j

Fig.V 6, av fragmentary vthe construction shown in Fig. 5,

fied construction, and

.l Referring to the dr awinglt) represents:aJ

a. modified:-

side elevation of a fro-nt elevation of my..

Fig. A7, a front elevationof another modi.- V u 'stem which mayoccup'y a moreorless ven 'i holder into a comparatively sof tical position and have an eyelet 12 at its upper extremity. .fit its lower end, the stem l() inay carry the trai rse member 14n, at whose outer extremity ...s formed the U shaped lue` l5. The inclined member 16 may extend downwardly from the lug; 15, and at `its lower end the member 16 may have formed the U-shaped lng` 17. from which the inclined member 18 niayle-t nd -rjwarillxit At its upper end, the inclined in siber 18 may have formed the ll-shaped lug 19, and from here `the member Q0 vmay eXtend transversely and be joined to the stein 10 by means .of the'twisted fastening at 21. lt will be noticed that the stewI 1G with all the concluding' parts, may be formed of 'a sin-- gle piece of wire having' any si table crosssection, usually round, tie entire construction L boing designed for shaping;` by any standard automatic wire forming machin ery, such used in the quantity production of wiro specialties. The holder may be suspended `from a `removable spring; clip havingthe eyelets andthe body Q5 thespring terminals Qllligs. 1to 'A clip of this form may be readily fastened to the edge of a shelf 2T and be held thereon, frictionally,`by Vthe spring tension of the clip. Y n

fl'f'desired, the holder may be attached to the shelf 34- b' means the clip l illus trated in .i gsf and 6, where eyelet 12 of the holder isfr-.stcned in eyel'ct 3G ofthe clip. The eyelet 30 be formed Vat one end of clip 'i1-while' ar i eyelet S2 Vmay be formed at the other end thereof. and tle clip may be fastencd'to theshelf'by neans of an ordinary wood screw passing` through the eyelet 32. Y

lBy referring to 7. it Vwill be seen that instead of suspending" the trianr/,jularframe in the manner already described, it may be supported by means ofthe standing stein 40, which may be attached to one side of the triangular frame in any suitable manner, for instance by the twisted end d1. The stein 40 may h ave its lower endfastened in a ba se l2 'made of any suitable,material, though preferably7 of metal, the said base beine'v adapted for simply-settingA on a table, counter lor other-support d8. fit willloe noticed that in this case the fra ae-i5 and the stein l0 are madeof twosepa The stem 10, instead 'of h end 'fastened inv 'the 42, ened to a point, as illus in` cases 'if-.there Ait* is vino; its lower nht 'be sha rpl -ciesired to sticlr vthe ss, such as cheese'ymeatnor similar substances.

rlhe suspended type of this tagholder mayalso have the stemand franiemad'e of two separate pieces of'wire as lindicated in Figs. 5 and 6, where 70 represents vthe stem and 60 the triangular frame. The transverse frame memh'ers'til and 62 may overlap er. at is (rig. si,

.va ntag'es.

Vhile, for convenience, several specific structures ar herein shown and described, it should be clearly understood that in these, the detailed parts of this invention may, or may not, be shown in the preferred forms, and further. that t ie preferred forms may vary from time to time as the development of this invention and the arts with which it identified, progress.

yTo the skilled inquirer, therefore, that, which forms an essential Vand characteristic part of this inventiom'willbe readily discernible from the claimsn which.y its spirit is broadly generalized.

Havingfully described my invention, what'l claim is:

1. ln a tag holder, the combination of a stem portion having a frame member eX- tendino; transverselytherefrom, a hook-like lug? .formed at vthe outer endof the Lsaid member, an inclined iframe member extending); downwardly `from,Y the said lug, a second hook-like lug formed at `rthe lower nd 'of the inclined member, a secondinclined frame memberl extending upwardly from the said second lugya third hook-like lug* formed atthe end of the second inclined `frame member and a Ifinal frame member extending from the said third lug, transversely to the said stem, and meansfor fastening the en'd ofthe said Vfinal member tothe saidstem.

2. rl'n a tag holder, a stem portion, arms extending laterally outward therefrom in 'directions opposed to 'each other, two tagengaging upper lugsr suitably disposed on the said arms, `in position opposed to cach other, frame members wardly from said; arms,l and a talar engaging/j lowerlug at the lower extremities of the 'frame' members,'the said` lthree-lngs beinee so shaped and so placed, relatively to each other, that a taglliaving 'a suitable shape, shall pass between the. two upperlugs without distortion, and shall come to rest onthe said lower lug. Y f

ln 'aY tag holder,` a stem portion, a frame member attachedA to one end of the said ystem `portion` .transversely therewith, the said transverse frame member ,comprisingtwobranches extendingfrom the stem portion in directions opposed toeach other,

extending` downbase of an inverted triangle, a bent upper lug at each end of the said transverse frame member, inclined frame members extending downwardly and towards each other from the said lugs, and forming the two remaining sides of the said inverted triangle; a bent lower lug joining the lower ends of said inclined members; and fastening means at the other end of the-said stem, the two said upper lugs being so located relatively to Veach other that a tag of predetermined width may be passed between them without distortion, and the said lower lug being so located relatively to the two'said upper lugs, .that the said lower lug shall constitute a stop for the said tag when a predetermined point in the passage of the said tag through the said upper lugs shall have been reached. i l

4. In a tag holder, a frame portion more orvertex thereof, the said U-portions extending 1 into a plane spaced apart from the plane of the said frame, a stem for supporting the said frame, and means for supporting the. said stem, the three said U-shaped lugs being so arranged thatsa plane tag of predetermined width may be through two of the said lugs, and so that the said tag shall'come to rest with its lower edge against the remaining one of the said three lugs, While the upper portion ofthe said tag remains in engagement with' the two first-mentioned lugs.

In testimony whereof, I sign my name hereto.

ALBERT J ISAACSEN.

passed freely- 

